MBO Worldwide Chairman and CEO Introduce the New MBO at Open House

MBO, the 49-year-old postpress powerhouse with international headquarters in Oppenweiler, Germany, and six regional offices around the world, sent its top executives and engineers to MBO America's Open House event. There, Chairman Frank Eckert and his colleagues, including Frank Bahmer, Director of International Sales and President/CEO of MBO America, personally shared recent development strategies that have culminated in a customer-centered, New MBO that today offers more of the highest quality, flexible, and reliable postpress solutions than ever before.

MBO management met with print industry VIPs July 28-31, in Philadelphia. The 4-day Open House,which took place at MBO America's new headquarters and demonstration facility in the Philadelphia Metro region, coincides with MBO America's 30th Anniversary and the 10,000th installation in the Americas.

A Customer-Centric Initiative

"When meeting with customers, our goal is to make sure that the decisions being made meet long-term objectives for profitability, even as customers adapt to meet the needs of new market demands," said Frank Eckert, CEO of the MBO Group. "MBO's customer-centric initiative is possible due to the combination of our post-press expertise and our comprehensive product mix, which allows us to provide customized solutions that maximize ROI for the end user."

Open House attendees heard from MBO executives, engineering, sales and technical personnel as they describe what they have learned from around the world, and how numerous customer interactions and studies were combined with industry data to determine direction.

"MBO has analyzed the modern print workflow and developed the finishing solutions to match," said Lance Martin, Director of North American Sales, "and those who attended the Open House -- or watch the recordings that will be posted, afterwards -- will see the exciting results!"

The Open House Details

The free event showcased 10 of the most unique, sought after finishing solutions for direct mail, miniature folding, packaging, web finishing (inkjet finishing) and commercial finishing. MBO America executives provided an inside look at the best in finishing, and help companies identify how they can best capitalize on finishing technology's profit-boosting potential. They will see live product demonstrations, where some of the fastest, scalable, and flexible technology in the market will be displayed.